Northampton-based HMO landlord, Nazrul Islam, was fined £3,300 by judges for a variety of offences including failure to provide his four tenants with a safe fire evacuation plan. He was also ordered to pay costs – an additional sum of just over £2,000. Mr Islam...

Retail giant JD Sports was fined £60,000 in October 2017, proving that no business is immune from prosecution by the courts. West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) was forced to act following an inspection at the retailer’s Merry Hill premises in Dudley near Wolverhampton....

Do you own a building that is sitting vacant? If so, did you know that fire safety in empty buildings is your legal responsibility; the same as if you occupied the building? You continue to be responsible until the building is occupied once again. We’ve all seen the...

A Wembley landlord who failed to turn up for court following fire safety breaches was fined nearly £8,000. Failings included inadequate smoke alarms had been installed and mandatory fire doors were not fitted. This clearly shows another example of the zero tolerance...

The London Fire Brigade has successfully prosecuted a Care Home for 3 offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The Care Home based in Penge, South East London has pleaded guilty to not have a fire risk assessment, blocking a fire escape route...

A care home in Enfield has been told it “requires improvement” after an inspection from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found it had defective fire safety plans. The inspector was critical of a lack of risk assessments or plans in case of fire and said Elmhurst,...